# Incident 19800522058429I: Piper PA34200, Rio Grande City, TX, May 22, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Rio Grande City, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3810° N, 98.8215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rio Grande City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3810&lon=-98.8215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N884E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,780 total, 260 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800522058429I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT FAILED TO VERIFY GEAR DOWN BEFORE LANDING GEAR UP.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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